Enrichment of elements in detritus from a constructed wetland and consequent toxicity to Hyalella azteca

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-272

  Sundberg, Sarah E ^a   Hassan, Sayed M ^b   Rodgers Jr , John H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Constructed wetland; Detritus; Enrichment; Hyalella azteca; Mercury; Selenium; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

AMPHIPOD; BIOAVAILABILITY; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD WEB; HEAVY METAL; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTAMINATION; DECOMPOSITION; DESULFURIZATION; DETRITUS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD WEB; HAZARD; HYALELLA AZTECA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ECOSYSTEM; MERCURY; METALS; PLANTS; SELENIUM; SEWAGE; TOXICITY TESTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

HYALELLA AZTECA; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 33744513915     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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